SLANG
Leaving quicklymake like a tree and leave
Mid-century · 1950–1989 · Baby Boomers
To depart abruptly, delivered as a dismissive joke.
“Show's over, make like a tree and leave.”
- Region
- United States
- Subculture
- Teen vernacular
- Canonical key
- make-like-a-tree
Learn more
- Dictionary of American Regional English — Harvard University Press
Connected expressions
Predecessor · 1990–2015
bounceMid-century joke exits give way to compact verbs.